Recent election brought one party tyranny to California

A California conservative commentator asserts that the recent
election has placed the Golden State under a "one-party
tyranny."

California Democrats
won a supermajority in the state legislature last week, giving
them the ability to raise taxes and pass measures without
Republican opposition. The change marks the first time in decades
that Democrats have controlled both houses in Sacramento.
Governor Jerry Brown is now the only one who can rein in fellow
Democrats, but James Lacy, publisher of the California
Political Review, believes the state government will continue
to expand.

"The reality of the situation is that government has grown every
single year that Jerry Brown has been in office and has had the
opportunity to exercise his own leadership," Lacy tells
OneNewsNow.

Commentators say the shift shows a
"shrinking" of the GOP and proves that the initiative process
is now the only way for conservative views to be heard in the
state. Lacy asserts that Democrats will go after the initiative
process next.

"California government is going to continue to grow, and they
are going to do everything that they can to stop populism, to stop
the tea party, and to stop people who have strong views on social
issues from having any fair opportunity to try and put their issues
on the California ballot as a way to circumvent the liberal
Democratic legislature," he contends. "We are in a state right now
of one-party tyranny."

Conservatives say the state's new "top-two vote getter" system
gave Democrats more seats in the legislature, and they assert the
governor's new online voter registration system made it easier for
young Democratic-leaning voters to register. Using the new
registration system, the state saw a record high number of voters
in the most recent election.

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